Environmental education, community agroforestry
and energy saving scheme

The program focuses on raising awareness of environmental issues at village community level in Nimba County and it is targeted at schools and rural communities, particularly those with a high proportion of Liberian returnees, internally displaced persons and former combatants.

Apart from raising awareness about environmental problems, the program seeks to motivate and empower communities to develop an income-generating base through developing micro-agricultural and agroforestry schemes that help to conserve the natural environment through the setting up of tree nurseries, establishment of woodlots for fuelwood and charcoal harvesting, and promoting the production and use of clay-based energy efficient stoves.

The pilot is nearing completion and the results show that the project has been largely succesful. Consideration is now being given to replicate the initiative in other communities in Liberia and possibly in Sierra Leone, when refugees start returning home.

In Karnplay, our trained volunteers proudly show their work: Eco-stoves produced March , -99.

	Campaign for environmental awareness, education and positive action in Liberia A nation wide environmental awareness campaign focusing especially on schools and communities in Monrovia and environs and an agroforestry initiative in Ganta, Nimba County.
	Refugee Environmental Action Programme An environmental awareness and action program targeting refugees from Sierra Leone in refugee camps in and around Monrovia, Liberia.
	Freetown School and Community Environmental Awareness and Action Program A 2-year environmental awareness and action program targeting schools in Freetown and village communities along the Freetown peninsula.